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The inset view of London in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire' represents two theatres: most likely, the Globe and Bear Garden
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Bear Garden; Globe (I) |
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To: 1611 |
From: 1611 |
Thomas Dekker characterizes the sport of baiting as inhumane
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Bear Garden |
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the bear, Tom Hunks |
From: 1609 |
From: 1609 |
A rope-dancer performs at the Fortune
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Fortune (II) |
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Blagrave, William; Herbert, Henry; Vincent, William |
From: 7 March 1635 |
From: 7 March 1635 |
Ford and Dekker's 'The Fairy Knight' is licensed
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Dekker, Thomas; Ford, John; Herbert, John |
From: 11 June 1624 |
From: 11 June 1624 |
Rowley's 'A Match or No Match' is licensed for the Fortune
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Fortune (II) |
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Herbert, Henry; Rowley, Samuel |
From: 6 April 1624 |
From: 6 April 1624 |
Alleyn inherits the joint salary for Mastership of the Bears after Henslowe's death
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Bear Garden |
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Alleyn, Edward; Henslowe, Philip |
From: circa 1616 |
From: circa 1616 |
The St Botolph parish registers identify Thomas Goodale as a player
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Goodale, Thomas |
From: 1593 |
From: 1593 |
Articles of inquiry in Bishop Bancroft's visitation raise questions about the use of the cloisters
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St Paul's (II) |
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From: 23 April 1599 |
From: 23 April 1599 |
Giovanni Perondini, servant to the Duke of Savoy, receives a warrant in reward for a 'beast of recreacion'
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Bear Garden; Court |
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of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel I; Perondini, Giovanni |
From: 13 March 1612 |
From: 13 March 1612 |
Thomas Dekker's 'The Owl's Almanac' records the death of the bear George Stone
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Bear Garden |
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Stone, George |
From: 1610 |
From: 1618 |
'The Owl's Almanac' commemorates the destruction of the Cockpit/Phoenix
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Phoenix/Cockpit |
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From: 4 March 1617 |
From: 1618 |
Dekker: The Rose theatre stinks of the Bear Garden
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Bear Garden; Rose |
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From: before 1602 |
From: 1602 |
Sir William Faunt writes to Edward Alleyn concerning bulls for Paris Garden
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Bear Garden; Paris Garden |
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Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William |
undated |
undated |
Star Chamber, Allen v Burbage: Lane answers
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Theatre |
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Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, Richard; Harris, –––; Hudson, Richard; Lane, Richard; Maddox, John; Mill, William; Osborne, Thomas; Smyth, –––; Smythe, William; Street, Peter; Walter, John |
From: 28 April 1602 |
From: 28 April 1602 |
Lord Chamberlain requests that justices of the peace in Chester and Lancaster apprehend the assailants of Henslowe's deputies
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Bear Garden |
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Ashton, John; Barnes, Ralph; Brooke, Thomas; Dutton, Thomas; Henslowe, Philip; Howard, Thomas; Ireland, John; Latham, John; Marburie, Thomas; Massy, Richard; Penkith, Richard; Stanley, Edward |
From: 13 July 1613 |
From: 13 July 1613 |
Edward Alleyn baits before the King
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Alleyn, Edward; Stuart, James I |
From: 11 June 1622 |
From: 11 June 1622 |
Gilbert Katharens and John Browne plan for the construction of the Hope theatre
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Bear Garden; Hope; Paris Garden; Swan |
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Browne, John; Henslowe, Philip; Katherens, Gilbert; Meade, Jacob |
From: 8 September 1613 |
From: 8 September 1613 |
Ralph Bowes (not John Dorington) is appointed Master of the Queen's Game
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Bowes, Ralph; Dorington, John |
From: 2 June 1573 |
From: 2 June 1573 |
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: George Turfett deposes
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Paris Garden |
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Browker, Hugh; Langley, Jane; Turfett, George |
From: 7 August 1601 |
From: 1603 |
Star Chamber, Samwell vs Langley et al: Owen Roberts deposes
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Boar's Head |
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Langley, Francis; Roberts, Owen; Samwell, Richard; Samwell, Richard |
From: 23 December 1599 To: 26 December 1599 |
From: 1 May 1600 |
Vestry of St. Saviour's sets Paris Garden tithes
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Paris Garden |
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Langley, Francis |
From: 30 June 1597 |
From: 30 June 1597 To: 21 March 1597 |
'Hymen's Holiday' is performed at court
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Herbert, Henry; of France, Henrietta Maria; Rowley, William; Stuart, Charles I |
From: 16 December 1633 |
From: 16 December 1633 |
Thomas Needler purchases part of the Boar's Head
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Boar's Head |
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Browne, Elizabeth; Florey, John; Lockdale, Robert; Needler, Thomas; Needler, John; Poley, John; Stamford, Robert |
From: 29 December 1621 |
From: 29 December 1621 |
Public playhouses present secular drama: Stow
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Curtain; Theatre |
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undated |
From: 1598 |
The Duke of Buckingham entertains the King and Queen with plays at York House
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Mead, Joseph; of France, Henrietta Maria; Stuart, Charles I; Stuteville, Martin; Villiers, George |
From: Sunday November 1626 |
From: 11 November 1626 |
Requests, Burbage v Allen: May deposes
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Theatre |
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Allen, Giles; Burbage, Cuthbert; Burbage, James; May, Randolph; Peckham, Edmond; Richardes, Hugh; Stoughton, Robert |
From: 15 May 1600 |
From: 15 May 1600 |
The Hope is dirty
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Bear Garden; Hope |
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From: 1614 |
From: 1631 |
Heywood memorializes great players in his 'Apology for Actors'
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Bentley, John; Crosse, Samuel; Kemp, William; Knell, William; Laneham, John; Mills, Tobias; Phillips, Augustine; Pope, Thomas; Singer, John; Slye, William; Spencer, Gabriel; Tarlton, Richard; Wilson, Robert |
From: circa 1570 To: 1613 |
From: 1612 |
Philip Henslowe receives payments of 10l, and 18l 5s, respectively, in his role as Master of the King's Game
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Henslowe, Philip |
From: 11 December 1612 To: 23 December 1612 |
From: 11 December 1612 To: 23 December 1612 |
The prologue for 'Holland's Leaguer' compares Salisbury Court to the Globe and Phoenix
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Globe (II); Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court |
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From: before 1632 |
From: 1632 |
A handwritten addendum to Stowe's 1631 Annals outlines the post-Civil War fate of London's theatres
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Blackfriars (II); Fortune (I); Fortune (II); Globe (II); Hope; Phoenix/Cockpit; Salisbury Court |
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Brend, Matthew; Godfrey, –––; Pride, Thomas; Walker, Thomas |
From: 1644 To: 1656 |
From: after 1656 |
Chancery, Burbage v Brayne: Henry Bett deposes
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Curtain; Theatre |
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Allen, Giles; Ashebournham, –––; Bett, Henry; Brayne, Margaret; Brayne, John; Burbage, James; Burbage, Cuthbert; Gardiner, –––; Miles, Robert; Noble, –––; Peckham, Edmond; Rumney, Thomas; Tomson, William; White, William |
From: before 30 September 1591 |
From: 30 September 1591 |
Johannes de Witt sketches the Swan in a letter to his friend, Arend van Buchell
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Swan |
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de Witt, Johannes; van Buchell, Arend |
From: 1596 |
From: circa 1596 |
Alleyn meets with the builders of the second Fortune
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Fortune (II) |
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Alleyn, Edward |
From: 16 April 1622 To: 6 May 1622 |
From: 16 April 1622 To: 6 May 1622 |
The privy council stays the erection of Philip Rosseter's new playhouse until they have determined its fate
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Porter's Hall |
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Coke, Edward; Jolles, John; Rosseter, Philip; Sanders, ––– |
From: 26 September 1615 |
From: 26 September 1615 |
Leases from 1582 and 1593 help to locate the Almonry House on the cathedral property
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St Paul's (I) |
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From: 1582 To: 1593 |
From: 1582 To: 1593 |
Commissioners of the Sewers order Edward Box to repair sewers near the Rose
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Rose |
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Box, Edward |
From: 25 April 1606 |
From: 25 April 1606 |
Robert Blisse plays his fencing provost's prize at the Theatre
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Theatre |
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Blisse, Robert; Longe, Valentine; Pratt, Thomas; Reyson, Alexander; Smyth, Richard |
From: 1 July 1582 |
From: after 1 July 1582 |
William Faunt requests a bear cub from Edward Alleyn
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Bear Garden |
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Alleyn, Edward; Faunt, William |
From: 9 November |
From: 9 November |
John Chamberlain includes bear-baiting among Christmas entertainments at court
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Chamberlain, John; Winwood, Ralph |
From: 1602 |
From: 17 January 1603 |
Thomas Burnaby leases a tenement and Bear Garden property to Richard Reve
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Bear Garden |
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Burnaby, Thomas; Napton, John; Reve, Richard |
From: 15 December 1590 |
From: 15 December 1590 |
John Taylor once knew a prompter who worked at the Globe
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Globe (II) |
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Vincente, Thomas |
From: before 1638 |
From: 1638 |
Davenport's 'The Court and the Country' is licensed
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Davenport, Robert; Herbert, Henry |
From: 1639 |
From: 1639 |
The Swan pays 9s 3d to the Overseers of the Poor of Paris Garden
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Swan |
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Dancer, Gyles; Payne, John; Williams, Henry |
From: 20 April 1615 |
From: 20 April 1615 |
Thomas Bowker writes to Edward Alleyn for a 'mastife whelpe'
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Bear Garden |
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Alleyn, Edward; Bowker, Thomas |
From: 9 June 1609 |
From: 19 June 1609 |
Chancery, Jane Langley vs Hugh Browker: Richard Langley deposes
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Paris Garden; Swan |
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Browker, Hugh; Langley, Jane; Langley, Richard; Langley, Francis |
From: 22 April 1589 To: 1603 |
From: 1603 |
Edward Alleyn -- 'Master of his Majesty's Beargarden' -- petitions Lord High Treasurer Cranfield for sums owed
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Bear Garden; Court |
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Cranfield, Lionel; Philibert, Charles Emmanuel; Stanhope, John; Stuart, James I |
From: circa 1614 To: 1622 |
From: October 1622 |
Characters in Richard Brome's 'The Antipodes' debate the appeal of bearbaiting
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Bear Garden; Hope |
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From: 1638 |
From: 1640 |
Richard Jones writes to Alleyn for a loan
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Alleyn, Edward; Browne, –––; Jones, Richard |
From: circa February 1591 To: February 1592 |
From: February 1591 To: February 1592 |
Ottaviano Lotti reports the closing of plays and baitings in response to plague deaths
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Bear Garden |
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Lotti, Ottaviano |
From: 22 October 1605 |
From: 22 October 1605 |